Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-08-20

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Aug 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
25 vs last sale 105 11 vs year ago 91 · 12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
12 vs last sale 36 115 vs year ago 163 · 70.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
26 vs last sale 20 27 vs year ago 19 · +142.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.55/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits 85.96 against this barn's trailing median of $206.51.
Average price
$120.55
17 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487132.016433thin
Medium and Large 3480118.4356810thin
Medium and Large 2580117.246804thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about −$37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

12 sales
235211188165median 206.5101/0503/3004/2006/0108/03
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.68, low $178.54, median $206.51 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
120.55
GA average17 barns · 1,494 hd
123.12
−2.57
This barn, trailing median12 sales
206.51
−85.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46389.131,3042thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29461.5279623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38160.828409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22055.216747thin

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2615105.50/cwt105.00–106.006492
BullsMedium and Large 3525113.80/cwt110.00–117.505976
Bulls1,46389.13/cwt88.00–90.001,3042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40868.36/cwt66.00–70.009634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26355.81/cwt54.00–57.007055
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27261.61/cwt60.00–65.0078414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24356.31/cwt54.00–59.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 2480117.50/cwt117.50–117.505641
HeifersMedium and Large 2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 3460110.52/cwt107.50–113.005083
CowsLean 85-90%1,22055.21/cwt53.00–60.006747
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42162.11/cwt60.00–64.008837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,020837.25/cwt800.00–880.008,5402
HeifersMedium and Large 3580104.50/cwt104.00–105.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 2516113.12/cwt110.00–117.505845
BullsMedium and Large 3425123.01/cwt122.50–124.005233
BullsMedium and Large 3375132.50/cwt132.50–132.504971
BullsMedium and Large 2535120.99/cwt120.00–122.006473
BullsMedium and Large 2715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1558123.51/cwt122.00–125.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1345149.00/cwt149.00–149.005141

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.